Buy to let loans in March up 21 per cent compared to March 2014

Latest figures from the Council of Mortgage Lenders show there were 18,200 buy to let loans in March – up 12 per cent on the previous month and up 21 per cent compared to March 2014. Buy to let lending has made up almost a fifth of total gross lending in the UK, which was the highest proportion of total lending since quarterly records began in mid-2006.